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LiDAR and elevation data for New Zealand

National open LiDAR Openly licensed LiDAR covers about 70% or more of the land area.

Toitū Te Whenua LINZ coordinates a national LiDAR programme and publishes 1 m DEMs and DSMs under CC BY 4.0, with the data also on AWS Open Data and point clouds on OpenTopography.

Best open resolution
1 m
Open LiDAR coverage
–
Datasets
3 · 3 open · 3 free
Region
Oceania
Last reviewed

Datasets 3

Free is not the same as open. Cost is what you pay to get the data; the licence says what you may do with it. How cost and licence are defined

  • New Zealand Elevation (AWS Open Data) (opens in a new tab)

    Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand

    Cost Free Licence Open
    • DTM
    • DSM
    Resolution
    1 m
    Point density
    –
    Vertical accuracy
    –
    Acquired
    –
    Coverage
    National LiDAR programme areas
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Access
    Direct download
    Formats
    Cloud Optimised GeoTIFF
    Link check
    Link OK (HTTP 200),

  • New Zealand LiDAR 1m DEM (opens in a new tab)

    Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand

    Cost Free with registration Licence Open
    • DTM
    Resolution
    1 m
    Point density
    –
    Vertical accuracy
    ±0.2 m (95%)
    Acquired
    –
    Coverage
    National LiDAR programme areas
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Access
    Direct download
    Formats
    GeoTIFF
    Link check
    Link OK (HTTP 200),

  • New Zealand LiDAR 1m DSM (opens in a new tab)

    Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand

    Cost Free with registration Licence Open
    • DSM
    Resolution
    1 m
    Point density
    –
    Vertical accuracy
    –
    Acquired
    –
    Coverage
    National LiDAR programme areas
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Access
    Direct download
    Formats
    GeoTIFF
    Link check
    Link OK (HTTP 200),

Elsewhere in Oceania